MAD - Are they still active?

Speed cameras are causing increasing frustration and anger for motorists.

They are more and more seen as a revenue generators and not a legitimate tool for cutting speeding and saving lives.

A militant group, Motorists Against Detection (MAD), led by the legendary Captain Gatso (wearing a Tony Blair mask) have taken it upon themselves to vandalise speed cameras, rendering them completely useless.

So far Captain Gatsos organisation has put 500 of them, including many across the North, out of action.


It says it not against all speed cameras and believes they should be in place in built-up and urban areas. But it has waged a war on speed cameras on major trunk roads and motorways.

Believed to have in excess of 200 members countrywide, MAD uses internet chatrooms, email and pay-as-you-go mobile phones to keep in touch.

MAD's vandalism has already cost millions of pounds, and police concern is growing after two cameras were blown up in the Midlands using explosives.

It appears information is now very scarce on Captain Gatsos organisation. Are MAD still active or have they been arrested or imprissoned?